Salas v. People

Opinion by

MR. JUSTICE LEE.

Plaintiff in error, Gerald Lee Salas, was convicted of second-degree murder in the Denver district court and sentenced to the state penitentiary. We find no reversible error and therefore affirm the judgment of conviction.

Salas (defendant) pled not guilty and not guilty by reason of insanity at the time of the alleged commission of the crime. He was granted a bifurcated trial. The jury found defendant to be sane at the time of the alleged commission of the crime. He was thereafter tried on the merits by a different jury and found guilty of second-degree murder.

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